XtraTime Web Desk: India’s star opener Rohit Sharma created history today as he became the first Indian to score 4 hundreds in a single edition of World Cup when he hit his 4th of World Cup 2019 in India’s crunch encounter against Bangladesh in Birmingham on Tuesday. He matched legendary Sri Lanka wicketkeeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara who had hit four centuries in 2015 World Cup.
Earlier on Sunday he matched former India skipper Sourav Ganguly’s record of three centuries in one World Cup when he smashed his third ton against England on Sunday. Sourav Ganguly had scored 3 hundreds in World Cup 2003. Ganguly, who was India captain in the 2003 World Cup, got hundreds against Namibia and Kenya, including the one against the African minnows in the semi-final of the edition held in South Africa.
Rohit Sharma is now joint second in the list of most century scorers in World Cup history with Ricky Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara. All 3 men have scored 5 World Cup hundreds. Sachin Tendulkar leads the list with 6 hundreds.
Rohit Sharma is playing only his second World Cup. Incidentally, his first World Cup hundred had come against Bangladesh in the quarterfinals in 2015 in Melbourne.
Rohit was dropped on 9 by Tamim Iqbal and he made Bangladesh pay. In fact, he was dropped on 1 against South Africa and he went on to score 122 not out in a successful chase for India.
Against Australia, Rohit was dropped on 2 and he scored a fluent 57. In a steep chase against England, Joe Root dropped Rohit Sharma on 4 and he finished with 102.